You know the launch market is tough when satellite companies start building rockets
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AST SpaceMobile是一家总部位于得克萨斯州的上市公司，正在建造大型卫星以提供地球上的手机直连通信服务，但一直面临发射机会难寻的问题。该公司周五宣布正在研发名为Blacklift的中型运载火箭，可将20公吨载荷送入低地球轨道，并计划于2028年底开始商业发射。创始人兼CEO Abel Avellan表示，该火箭将显著扩大公司可服务市场，为其提供常规
There are optimistic plans for spaceflight, and then there are optimistic plans.
AST SpaceMobile is a Texas-based, publicly traded company building very large satellites to provide direct-to-cell communications on Earth. But it has been having trouble finding rides to space. So on Friday, AST announced that it is developing a medium-lift rocket, named Blacklift, which will have the capacity to lift 20 metric tons to low-Earth orbit. Oh, and the company said it would start launching commercially in late 2028.
"The Blacklift rocket is the springboard to significantly expand our total addressable market, providing AST SpaceMobile with regular unconstrained access to orbit and providing for most favorable owner's economics in the industry," said Abel Avellan, founder, chairman, and CEO of AST SpaceMobile, in a news release.
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